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Genetics of two colonies of Glossina pallidipes originating from allopatric populations in Kenya por Gooding, R.H., Moloo, S.K.

“…The colonies had similar levels of genetic diversity with approximately half of the loci being polymorphic, an average of 1.6‐1.7 alleles per locus, and a mean heterozygosity per locus of approximately 18.4%. …”
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Land tenure and the potential for the adoption of alley farming in West Africa por Lawry, S., Stienbarger, D., Jabbar, M.A.

“…A portion of the tree foliage from alley-cropped fields may be fed to animals rather than being laid on the ground as a mulch. Following on-station research, IITA and ILCA have tested these technologies on farms in Southern Nigeria. …”
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Influencing climate change policy in Sri Lanka por European Initiative for Agricultural Research for Development

“…IWMI research findings have been incorporated in the country’s Climate Change Adaptation Strategy 2011-2016 and Sri Lanka’s Second National Communication on Climate Change, which was submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 2011. IWMI’s findings are being used in a number of new projects, including a 2012 UNDP initiative aimed at building climate resilient activities into national household food security improvement and rural infrastructure programmes.…”
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Integrated modeling and its potential for resolving conflicts between conservation and people in the rangelands of East Africa por Galvin, K.A., Thornton, Philip K., Pinho, J.R. de, Sunderland, J., Boone, Randall B.

“…We present the results of some scenarios that indicate that the current situation there is not sustainable, and that tough policy decisions need to be taken if household well-being of the pastoralists who live there is to be improved or even sustained.…”
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Comparative susceptibility of Glossina longipennis and G. brevipalpis to pathogenic species of Trypanosoma por Moloo, S.K., Okumu, I.O., Kuria, N.M.

“…It was shown that the laboratory-reared G. longipennis and G. brevipalpis had differing susceptibilities to the trypanosome species used, being highly susceptible to T. vivax, less susceptible to T. congolense, and T. b. brucei could not infect their salivary glands, although G. m. centralis became infected with all Trypanosoma spp.…”
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Fish biodiversity research in the Mekong Basin por Baran, Eric, Chum, N., Fukushima, M., Hand,T., Hortle, K.G., Jutagate, T., Kang, B.

“…The Mekong region is in fact a fish biodiversity hotspot whose richness is only now being revealed. During the last decade more than 279 new species of fish have been discovered in this basin alone (WWF 2009). …”
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Improved rainfall thresholds for index insurance in India por CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

“…Based on the requirements of the crop being insured, a threshold is selected above or below which payouts are made. …”
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Food security and climate change por HLPE

“…The likelihood of the nations of the world being able to meet the 2°C target of maximal average temperature rise set by the UNFCCC negotiations in Cancun is diminishing with time. …”
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Cultivated systems por Cassman, Kenneth G., Wood, S., Choo, P.S., Cooper, H.D., Devendra, C., Dixon, John A., Gaskell, J., Khan, S., Lal, R., Lipper, Leslie, Pretty, Jules N., Primavera, J., Ramankutty, N., Viglizzo, E., Wiebe, Keith D., Kadungure, S., Kanbar, N., Khan, Z., Leakey, R., Porter, S., Sebastian, K., Tharme, Rebecca E.

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Key economic performance indicator por Gelan, Ayele, Muriithi, B., Baltenweck, Isabelle

“…The East Africa Dairy Development (EADD) project is a regional industry development program and implemented by a consortium of partners. It is currently being piloted in 18 sites in Kenya, 8 in Rwanda and 27 in Uganda. …”
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Constraints to the use of artificial insemination service and possible solutions por Mburu, J., Ojango, Julie M.K., Kariuki, K., Baltenweck, Isabelle

“…The East Africa Dairy Development (EADD) project is aregional industry development program implemented by a consortium of partners led by Heifer International. It is currently being piloted in 18 sites in Kenya, 8 in Rwanda and 27 in Uganda. …”
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Feeds and feeding practices por Lukuyu, Ben A., Duncan, Alan J., Kariuki, K., Baltenweck, Isabelle

“…The East Africa Dairy Development (EADD) project is a regional industry development program implemented by a consortium of partners led by Heifer International. It is currently being piloted in 18 sites in Kenya, 8 in Rwanda and 27 in Uganda. …”
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Survey methodology por Kariuki, Eunice

“…The East Africa Dairy Development (EADD) project is a regional industry development program implemented by a consortium of partners led by Heifer International. It is currently being piloted in 18 sites in Kenya, 8 in Rwanda and 27 in Uganda. …”
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An assessment of small-scale users? inclusion in large-scale water user associations of South Africa por Faysse, Nicolas

“…The management of water resources is being transformed in South Africa. All water users, especially the small-scale ones, are now invited to participate in this movement. …”
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From integrated to expedient: an adaptive framework for river basin management in developing countries por Lankford, B.A., Merrey, Douglas J., Cour, J., Hepworth, N.

“…In particular, less reliance on broad generic 'principles' and greater reference to solutions being drawn up by local resource users in relation to identified conflicts helps guide adaptive problem solving.…”
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Power dynamics and water reform in the Zimbabwean context: implications for the poor por Mapedza, Everisto D., Geheb, Kim

“…Within the water sector, as in broader environmental governance, decentralization is increasingly being proposed as an important step towards increased accountability, equity and positive social and environmental outcomes. …”
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Practicalities of participation in urban IWRM: perspectives of wastewater management in two cities in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh por Evans, Alexandra E.V., Varma, Samyuktha

“…As the demand for water in cities increases, the quantity of wastewater being produced is growing at a phenomenal rate. If resources are to be managed effectively, a new paradigm is required for urban wastewater management. …”
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Governance mechanisms to address flow variability in water treaties por Drieschova, Alena, Giordano, Mark, Fischhendler, I.

“…Most of the mechanisms adopted deviate from an ''ideal'' state of being both flexible in the face of change but binding in enforcement. …”
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Soil property changes over a 120-yr chronosequence from forest to agriculture in western Kenya por Nyberg G, Bargués Tobella, A., Kinyangi, James, Ilstedt, Ulrik

“…Much of the native forest in the highlands of western Kenya has been converted to agricultural land in order to feed the growing population, and more land is being cleared. In tropical Africa, this land use change results in progressive soil degradation, as the period of cultivation increases. …”
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Evaluation of the dry bean model BEANGRO V1.01 for crop production research in a tropical environment por White, Jeffrey W., Hoogenboom, Gerrit, Jones, James W., Boote, Kenneth J.

“…Microcomputer-based simulation models are increasingly being recommended as multipurpose tools for agricultural research. …”
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